page_title: Logroño, Ecuador
section_title: Local Culture
hierarchical_section_title: Logroño, Ecuador / Local Culture
caption_attribution_description: English: Chicha and ayampaco- traditional food of Shuar in Logroño, Ecuador
context_page_description: Logroño is a town in Morona-Santiago Province, Ecuador. It is the seat of Logroño Canton. It has a population of 5,723, the majority of which are Shuar. There is a network of limestone caves 2 km from the town, "Caverna de Las Cascadas".
context_section_description: About 70% of the population of canton Logroño is nationality Shuar, and the remaining 30% is made up a 'mestizos' or of mixed origin. Both the Shuar and mestizo cultures are visible throughout canton Logroño in the local food, dance and customs. 
  90% of Shuar live in the sectors of Yaupi and Shimpis, and 10% live in the sector of Logroño. In the Shuar culture it is common to have many children, and for men to have more than one wife. Shuar live either a communal or solitary lifestyle. The men are responsible for fishing and hunting, their sons are responsible for tending to the gardens and constructing houses, while the women cook for the house, weave crafts, and collect wild edible plants.
  The traditional 'mestizo' cuisine includes roast guinea pig, chicken, a variety of soups, roasted and baked pork, local fish (Huambi, Cat Fish, Boca Chicas, Cachama etc.), or beef, all of which are all accompanied by rice and cassava, plantain, sweet potato, chonta, or other fruits and vegetables grown locally.
  The main staple of the Shuar diet is 'chicha de yuca' (nijiamanch), and traditional food includes ayampacos which includes grubs, fish, or chicken wrapped in leaves and cooked over an open fire, and grilled wild game (armadillo, guanta, guatusa etc.), accompanied by cassava, plantains, papa china, sweet potato, or local plants from the jungle (col del monte, yuyo, wanchup, taro etc.) and local fruits (papaya, pineapple, mome, zapote etc.).
  
  The celebrations of the canton of Logroño are 16–22 January. Throughout the week there are traditional dances, exhibition of local arts, agriculture fair, rodeo, traditional foods, beauty pageants, and a lot of dancing. 
  Other cultural events include:
  March 21-  Logroño limpio, compromiso de todos, a day dedicated to caring for the environment
  June- Fiesta de la Chonta, the celebration of a local palm fruit.
  June 29- Fiesta Patronal de San Pedro, a Christian religious holiday.
  July 25-29-  Fiestas de Shimpis, the celebration of Shuar community, Shimpis
  August 19- Fiestas de Yaupi, the celebration of Shuar community, Yaupi
  November 3- Day of the Dead, which includes drinking the traditional colada morada and visiting those passed at the cemetery of Logroño.
caption: Chicha and Ayampacos
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